Mediterranean seashells Updated march 2023 ≈ 1248 illustrated species, including 13“?” (doubtful data), with 21 species of the genus Theodoxus in the western Palearctic | ||
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida – Los pescadores Valencianos, 1895. Public domain. | ||
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ANDREA NAPPO, terrible collector, great connoisseur of the mediterranean malacofauna, author of valuable articles, and very serious photograph; BENITO JOSÉ MUÑOZ SÁNCHEZ, who doesn’t just collect cowries but studies them also, and is a great source of reliable informations; PAOLO G. ALBANO, paleontologist at the University of Vienna, taxonomist in marine mollusca at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, helpful, good fellow; RAYMOND HUET, malacologist (to whom I dedicated a genus and a species – to tell you that the guy is not without consistency), predator on testaceous mollusca of Mediterranean, valuable contributor to the knowledge of the Mascarene malacofauna ; ALAIN BERTRAND, omniscientist of the extant wildlife, malacologist, gardener, bird-watcher, photograph and great cook; RINO STANIĆ who, together with NEVEN LETE, ALEN PETANI and JAKOV PRKIĆ, is one of the major contributors to the advancement of the knowledge in croatian malacofauna, and an impressively skilled photograph of the living species; and finally to SYLVAIN CLANZIG, unclassifiable lover of the life, poet, enthusiast, irreplaceable, and microphotograph. Guys, I am lucky to live at the same time as you. |
